Nairobi Rent Prices Stories

Nairobi County to clamp properties, evict rent defaulters from Monday
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 11, 2025

The move comes after the expiration of a waiver period that ended on April 30, during which landowners were allowed to regularise their accounts witho...

Urban Kenyans push for rent regulation as households spend heavily on housing
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jan 17, 2025

Four out of 10 Kenyans living in urban areas want the government to regulate rent to curb arbitrary increases by landlords.

Growing land demand for commercial development ups land prices by 2 per cent
Alfred Onyango  |  Jul 31, 2024

The growth was partly driven by a resurgent Upper Hill where the cost of an acre grew by 3.9 per cent, the fastest quarterly price jump in a decade fo...

Landlords move to cushion consumers with modest increase in rental prices in Q2
Alfred Onyango  |  Jul 31, 2024

The latest property price index report by real estate firm Hass Consult says as a result, rental prices experienced only a slight increase of 0.01 per...

Sakaja announces 100 per cent waiver for land rate penalties, interests
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 06, 2024

The county set a target of Sh7 billion for collection of land rates for the financial year 2023- 2024 falling short of its target by over Sh4.4 billio...

Nairobi rent prices up 2.5 per cent in three months
Ibrahim Omar  |  Feb 05, 2024

Upperhill recorded the fastest increase in apartment rent prices at 5.5 per cent, followed by Parklands which grew by 5 per cent.

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